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After coming to Saline County, Mo., Mr. Deal purchased a farm near Mt. Leonard, which con- sisted of two hundred and forty acres, and to this land he continued to add until he had at one time almost more land than any one in the county. IIe thoroughly understood business methods and did general farming with success. His neighbors re- cognized him as one of the representative men of the county and his word always carried weight with it. The death of Mr. Deal occurred in 1883, when he passed away in the faith of the Lutheran
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Church, with which he had connected himself in Virginia long years before.
In his political preferences. Mr. Deal was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party. and then he enrolled his name under the Democratic llag and continued a member of that party until the time of his death. He was possessed of more than ordinary determination, and when he under- took a task he never turned baek nor abandoned it until it was completed.
The seventh child of this most excellent man was named George M. for his father. His birth occurred in Virginia in 1849, and he accompanied his parents to Saline County, where he grew to manhood. His education was liberal in the com- mon schools of the district and in Lexington, and when he had reached the age of twenty-four years he married Miss Mary, the daughter of J. R. Colvert. of La Fayette County.
Mr. Deal has followed farming as an oeeupation all of his life. In March, 1891, he sold his prop- erty near Mt. Leonard and purchased three hun- dred and twenty-five acres of land of Thomas R. E. Harvey in sections 17. 18, 19 and 20. all of town- ship 51. range 21. He manages the whole farm, having some of it in grass. Four children com- prised the interesting family of Mr. Deal: George R., William L., M .- Roy, and Erma K., who died November 10, 1892. Our subject and his excel- lent wife are members of the Mt. Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church South. As did his lamented fa- ther, Mr. Deal supports the principles of the Demo- cratie party.
RS. M. C. YANCEY, for fifty-three years a constant resident of Missouri, and well known in Waverly as a lady of culture and intelligence, is a native of Virginia. and was born in Rockingham County in the year 1831. Her father, Col. David Henton, was born, reared and educated in Virginia, and located in Missouri in 1839, making his home in Waverly,
where for many years he was an important factor in the upbuilding and local advancement of that progressive city and it- immediate neighborhood. Hle was a man of superior business ability, ener- getie in all the duties of life, temperate in his habits, and withal possessed excellent judgment and honesty of purpose. A citizen of rare integ- rity of character. liberal and public-spirited. he commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him, and when he passed away his death was mourned as a publie loss. He was a loving hus- band and father, a kind friend and neighbor, and was among the tried and true pioneers of the early days, whose memory will be enshrined in the hearts of the coming generations.
The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (Meyers) Hlenton. was a native of Virginia, and was reared and educated among the scenes of her early youth. She accompanied her husband to Missouri more than a half-century ago, and is well remembered as a lady of worth and a devoted wife and mother. The lenton family is of Scoteh-Irish origin, and some of its members crossed the broad Atlantic in the early part of the last century. They made their home in the good old State of Virginia, where the paternal grandfather of our subject, Benjamin 11. Henton, was born. The Meyers fam- ily originated in Germany. The maiden name of Grandmother Meyers was Barbara Hart. and her parents were from Switzerland.
Mrs. Yancey was seven years old when she came with her parents to Missouri, and here she received such educational advantages as the community afforded. In 1855 she was united in marriage with Dr. John F. Yancey, a native of Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. Yancey became the parents of four chil- dren, namely: Eola H., Paul W., Layton and David. Mrs. Yancey is an extensive land-holder, owning twelve hundred acres of valuable land, all under a high state of cultivation. An energetic and capable woman, possessing fine business attain- ments, she ably manages her landed estate, and pre- sides with generous hospitality over her attractive home in the city of Waverly. For many years she has been one of the valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is num- bered among the ellieient workers of that religious
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organization. Taking an active interest in public enterprise, benevolent and social, and always deeply interested in the progress of educational advancement and the welfare of the young, Mrs. Yancey has a host of lifetime friends and ac- quaintances.
E F. LYON was, at the time of his death in 1882, the owner of one of the largest farms in Saline County, and a very prosperous man, making one more of the farmers of this vi- cinity who have proven that the calling of the agriculturist is a remunerative as well as an in- dependent and honorable one.
Mr. Lyon was born in Boone County, Mo., in 1836, his parents having come there at an early day from Bourbon County, Ky. The son re- mained in Boone County until he reached the es- tate of manhood, and about the year 1861 came to Saline County, where he married Miss Sarah J., daughter of John Hunt, who was a pioneer of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon reared seven children, and lost three at an early age. The family consists of Dovie, wife of R. M. Fountain, of Boone County; Jesse II., whose address is Woodson Post-office, Sa- line County, and who resides on the old home; Irvine, engaged in teaching school in Saline County, and who was educated in the Central Business College of Sedalia; Henry J., of Warrens- burgh; Edgar, Mary E. and Robert. Jesse H., who manages the old farm, was born in this county in 1865, having hved here all his life, and received a common-school education. Ile was married in January, 1890, choosing for his wife Miss Minnie, daughter of Thomas R. Stamper, of Randolph County. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have two children, Mary E. and Corne.
The Lyons have always been agriculturists so far as any record has been kept. E. F. Lyons brought but little property to the county with him, beginning, as so many of our solid men have done,
as a poor man. Through good management and skill in farming, however, he was enabled to ac- cumulate a goodly share of this world's goods, lis farm being very large-five hundred and sixty-five acres, most of which was plow and pas- ture land, making in all a piece of property that any man might well be proud of, and doubly so because of the fact that it was gained through his own industry and ability.
Mr. Lyon was a member of the Baptist Church, and had been a stanch Democrat all his life. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a man of worth, and left many friends as well as relatives to mourn his loss.
ENRY SCHOWENGERDT is a promi- nent citizen of La Fayette County, and a native of the State, having been born in Warren County, Mo. His birth occurred September 26, 1842, and he is a son of Frederick and Louisa Schowengerdt, both of whom were natives of Germany, and were among the first Ger- man families to settle in Warren County. The father still survives, although he has reached the ripe old age of seventy-five years and past. The mother died in 1889.
Our subject is the third in order of birth of his father's family. Ile was reared in his native county, and received an education in the public schools of that district, but, as may be imagined, the system and methods as then employed fell far short of what we consider good educational ad- vantages to-day. On reaching manhood, our sub- ject followed the example of the great majority, and May 14, 1869, he was married, his bride being Miss Louisa Schoppenhorst, also a native of War- ren County, Mo. She is a daughter of Henry Schoppenhorst, an early settler in Warren County. From this union seven children have been born: Louis F., William, Albert, Ernest, Lizzie, Robert and Emma.
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In 1881, our subject came to La Fayette County with his family, and has since resided on the farm where he now lives. He owns two hundred and forty-nine acres of well-improved land, having a pleasant residener and good supplementary build- ing>. The fertile lands of Missouri are well adapted to repay the intelligent cultivation of the farmer bred with ideas of the thrifty*German methods of cultivation, under which an acre is made to yield several crops during a single season. and all refuse matter is used for underplowing and fertilizing. In this way our subject has been able to accumulate a comfortable fortune. and can equal any of his neighbors in the advantages he is able to give to his children. Ile is a Republican in politics, although he takes but little active inter- est ontside of the right of franchise. In church relations he, as well as other members of his family. worships with the German Evangelists. He is a well-known man in this district, whose reputation for honesty and integrity would stand him in good stead at any time.
AVID GROVES, In., a widely and favor- ably known farmer and stock-raiser of Middleton Township, La Fayette County. Mo., was born of highly respected par- ents in the county named, in the month of May. 1850. David, his father, a native of Tennessee, was one of the carly pioneers of La Fayette County; his wife, the mother of our subjeet, Ehza- beth (Hutchins) Groves, a native of Kentucky. was of Scotch-Irish descent.
The subject of our sketch is a man of superior intelligence and most excellent judgment. The days of his boyhood and youth were spent at home in his native county, where he attended the public schools, in the intervals of vacation work- ing upon the farm. When eighteen years of age, Mr. Groves entered Spalding's Business College, at Kansas City, Mo., applied himself diligently, and was graduated with distinction. His first von-
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ture in life for himself was as bookkeeper and clerk in the store of Mr. Ardinger, at Lexington, Mo .. and he continued in that place six months. During all this time he felt that selling merchandise was not his proper vocation, and hence he gave it up and became an agriculturist, a calling he has fol- lowed ever since.
The residence of Mr. Groves is located on a finely improved and highly cultivated farm of three hundred and twenty acres, situated on sec- tion 12, township 50, range 24. Besides general farming, he devotes especial attention to exten- sive raising and feeding of stock, particularly Hereford, Shorthorn and Polled-Angus cattle. Industrious as is Mr. Groves, and faithfully as he attends to the arduous duties of his personal busi- ness, he finds time to discharge the obligations of a Director in the Farmers' Savings Bank of Mar- shall, Saline County, Mo., and also to look after the interests of the church, to which he is de- votedły attached. Our subjeet is a stockholder in the Blackburn Bank, at Blackburn, Saline County. Mo., beside having other interests, all of which are carefully attended to.
The brightest day in the life of Mr. Groves was that in which Miss Ida Catron became his wife. This happy event transpired in the year 1877, and the fruits of that union are five most interesting children, as follows: David G., Nannie V., William L., Roscoe C. and Emmett A. Mr. and Mrs. Groves are consistent and upright members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the former be- ing a Steward in that body. Mrs. Groves is a daughter of Christopher Catron, a native of Cooper County, Mo., born December 5, 1817, he being the son of a father bearing the same name as himself and of Euphemia (Jones) Catron, both natives of Virginia. The father of Mrs. Groves died April 5, 1880. Nancy HI. (Gordon) Catron is the mother of the wife of our subject, she being a daughter of Thomas Gordon, a native of Ten- nessee and still living.
Mr. and Mrs. Groves have a most attractive and desirably situated home that well may excite ad- miration if not envy. They are a couple, who, mn the light of intelligence and of consciences quick- ened by the Gospel, realize that happiness and
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contentment may be found in this life. The in- finence of their bright and sunny Christian na- tures is felt throughout the neighborhood, where they are held in the highest estimation. In pol- itics Mr. Groves is a Democrat, and, being a man of strong convictions, is decidedly pronounced in his views; but his love of justice makes him lib- eral toward those who differ from him.
OIIN D. MASTERSON, the well-known and very popular farmer who resides on section 1. township 50, range 24, Middleton Town- ship, La Fayette County, Mo., was born in Marion County, this State, in the year 1836. His father was Hugh Masterson, a native of Kentucky, who removed to Missouri the year preceding his son's birth, and is said to be the first man that crossed the plains from Missouri, in the year 1849. The mother of our subject was Isabella (Ilall) Mas- terson, a native of Kentucky, and a most estimable woman, greatly beloved by her family and friends. The paternal ancestor of John D., whose name also was John, was a soldier of the War of 1812, and was descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors.
The childhood, youth and younger manhood of John D. Masterson were somewhat uneventful, be- ing passed quietly at home, attending the publie schools, or working upon the farm, until grown up, when he took up regular agricultural pursuits. Now the tocsin of war sounded. Prompt to obey its call was our subject, who, in the year 1861, enlisted in Company C. Gordon's Regiment, Shelby's Brigade, Confederate States army. Among the first to enlist, he was among the last to stop fighting for a cause he believed to be just and right. After four years of faithful service, Mr. Masterson came to La Fayette County, and began farming, an occupation he has followed very suc- cessfully ever since. The farm of three hundred and twenty acres upon which he resides is all un- der cultivation and well improved.
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Being domestic in his taste, it was not to be ex-
pected that Mr. Masterson would long remain a bachelor. In the choice of a wife he displayed ex- ceptionally good taste and judgment, his life part- ner being Miss Sallie, daughter of R. II. Jones, a native of Kentucky. The children of this happy marriage are as follows: William, Linwood, John II., Zelda, Daisy and Elizabeth. A worthy and law-abiding citizen, Mr. Masterson takes, naturally, an interest in public affairs, and while it would not be proper to term him a politician, he is a Democrat, holding that that party best studies the interests of the country. In all the re- lations of life Mr. Masterson aims to be just and faithful, neglecting no known duty, and seeking to do to others as lie would be done by. His neighbors hold him in esteem for his many sterling qualities of head and heart. The home of our subject is a happy one, filled with what is calcu- lated to complete the sum of an ideal American home. Mr. Masterson is a member of Oriental Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Masterson is a most worthy and acceptable member of the Christian Church, in the prosperity of which she feels an abiding and active concern.
P RITZ HASENJAGER is a representative farmer, whose place is located on seetion 13, township 49, range 26, La Fayette County. He is a native of Germany, and was horn October 25, 1844, a son of Christian and Lot- tie Hasen jager, both of whom are natives of Ger- many. When our subject was but three years of age the family started for America on a sailing- vessel. They embarked at Bremen, and after a tedious voyage landed at New Orleans.
From New Orleans the Hasenjager family pro- ceeded up the Mississippi to St. Louis, and thence up the Missouri River to Washington, Mo., whence they proceeded to Warren County. There they located upon a farm, and were among the earliest German settlers in that county. They came while
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the country was still new, and found a very differ- ent condition of affairs from that they were aceus- tomed to in the Fatherland. The parents still live on their home place.
Of the children of whom our subject is one, the following survive: Ricka, Fritz, William, Henry, Minnie, Herman, Caroline. Annie and Louisa. These children have been brought up in the faith of the Evangelical Church, of which the parents are both members. Our subject was reared to man- hood in this locality, and was brought up to be ' thoroughly familiar with all the branches of farm- ing. He received his education in the public schools of Warren County, and also attended a German school conducted under the auspices of the church. He was married October 13, 1870, his bride being Miss Annie Neimenn, who was born in Warren County, a daughter of William Nei- menn, an early settler there.
Our subject and his wife have been the parents of four children: Amanda was born August 18, 1872; William, July 27, 1875; Ida, September 15, 1882; and Otto, December 15, 1888. In March, 1881, Mr. Hlasen jager came to La Fayette County. and has been a resident here ever since. Ilis farm comprises one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, all of which is well cultivated. He is one who believes that the industrious unit makes a thrifty, prosperous commonwealth, and in ac- cordance with this idea gives his first and best at- tention to his own affairs. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the German Evangelical Church.
h ENRY C. MEYER. Prominent among the farmer citizens of German birth located in La Fayette County, Mo., we find the sub- jeet of this sketch, living in great comfort on his farm of one hundred and twenty acres of land in township 49, range 26, section 5. Our subject is of good German birth, having been born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, December
3, 1812. John and Anna M. (Schnieder) Meyer were his parents, worthy and respectable people, who spent all the days of their lives in the Father- land.
Our subjeet was reared to young manhood in Germany, and attended the common schools there, obtaining a very fair education in his native tongue. For two years he served in the army, according to the law of the country, and had vari- ous experiences, having been one of the soldiers at the time of the occupation of Holstein. In 1866, our subjeet came to America, by way of a German port, on a steamer of the same name, the "Bremen." a name so familiar to the German ear, and after a voyage of sixteen days across the Atlantic, landed in New York City.
The destination of our subject was the State of Missouri, to which so many of his fellow-country- men had come and found home and fortune. For a few months he worked as a laborer at gardening in St. Louis, but later went into Warren County, where he obtained employment on a farm, and continued there for several years. In 1876 he was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Brueggen- johann, and five children have been added to this happy home, as follows: August, Annie, Lydia and William, the living ones, and one who died in infancy.
In 1872. our subject came into La Fayette County, and remained long enough to find out what good people lived within her borders, and also to get a notion of the fine land for sale. Therefore it was to La Fayette he came after his marriage, and here he has remained, finally set- tling upon the present farm in 1881. This con- sists of one hundred and twenty acres of land, and he has been busy converting it into what he con- siders a fine place, fencing, building and planting trees, besides cultivating the ground.
Mr. Meyer is one of those public-spirited men who do any neighborhood good. His ideas upon progress and advancement are worthy to be con- sidered at all times, as his opinions upon farming and kindred matters are based upon experience, since he began here with very limited means, and has become well off, and is still steadily advancing his financial condition. He will tell those who
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ask, that the sure road to success lies in the ex- ercise of energy and honest endeavor. Our sub- ject and family are faithful attendants upon the services of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which they are members.
OHIN W. GOLLADAY is one of the drivers of an eight-wheel engine on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and has been running be- tween Kansas City and St. Louis since 1884. He is a man of great concentration of interest and purpose, and finds that in the close attention to his railroad duties is the surest means of suc- cess. Mr. Golladay was born in Galion, Craw- ford County, Ohio, March 9, 1851. Hle is a son of llenry and Nancy (Ogden) Golladay, both Ohio- ans.
Ilenry Golladay was born in Stark County, and was for many years a farmer near Mansfield, in Richland County. He is now a horticulturist, and a prominent member of the Horticultural Society of Ohio. Grandfather Golladay, who was of Ger- man descent, was born in Pennsylvania, but made an early settlement in Ohio, while Indians were still their most frequent visitors. He improved a farm there, but located later in Crawford County, where he died. Our subjeet's father was a de- voted Methodist and a licensed exhorter and Class-leader. Ilis mother, Naney Ogden, was born at Massillon, the daughter of an early settler there. Hler death occurred when our subject was only eight years of age. She left six children, three boys and three girls, all of whom are living, the boys being all employed on the railroad.
Joli W. was reared on the farm until twenty- one years of age. He attended the public schools in the winter time, and on reaching his majority, which occurred in 1872, he was employed on the Ft. Wayne Railroad in laying track. May 1st of the next year he was appointed foreman on the same road between Crestline and Alliance. After spending two years and eight months there he was
transferred to the Atlantic & Great Western Rail- road, with a run between Kent and Dayton. In this employ he served as lireman, his promotion as engineer on the same division taking place in 1880. In 1884 he came to the Chicago & Alton, locating at Bloomington, Ill. After one month he was transferred to the Kansas City Division. Ile has thus far been very fortunate, never having suffered a serious accident. Ilis run is now be- tween Slater and Kansas City, also Slater and Roodhouse.
Our subject was married in Galion, Ohio, Jann- . ary 25, 1877, his bride being Miss Emma, a daugh- ter of Joseph C. Worden, a native of Coshocton, Pa. Mrs. Golladay's father was proprietor of a saddlery and harness establishment. Ilis wife's maiden name was Margaret Pensinger. Mrs. Gol- lady is a lady of decided taste and refinement, and is very devoted to her family. She is the mother of three children, whose names are Estella, Clyde II. and Maudie B. In a fraternal way our subject belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, being a member of the Eightlı Divi- sion. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In his religious belief Mr. Golladay is a Methodist, while his wife is a Presbyterian. In politics he votes for the party whose record for thirty years will go down to posterity without a blemish.
C ALVIN PFLEGER, a highly respected eiti- zen of Grand Pass, has the honor of being a native of Missouri. He was born in La Fayette County Jannary 4, 1834, and comes of an old Virginian family. His grandfather, who was of German descent, died in Virginia. His father, David Pfleger, was born in Floyd County, Va., about 1807, and was one of a family of three sons and two daughters. Ilis sister Lydia was the only one who came to Missouri. In his native State he married Nancy, daughter of Christopher Slusher, and on the 28th of October, 1828, they
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reached La Fayette County, Mo .. having come hither in company with his father-in-law. He en- tered land, which he improved, and at his death owned a valuable farm of four hundred acres. In August, 1871. he started to Virginia on a visit, and the day before reaching his destination was taken sick. He died on the old homestead in that State on the 19th of November and was laid to rest in the family burying-ground, where his father and mother were interred. Before leaving home, he had settled up all of his affairs, thus leaving all free and unincumbered. Ile was a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife is still living on the old farm in La Fayette County.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pfleger were born eleven children: Allen; Elizabeth, widow of John Staley; C'alvin; Susan. wife of James Pfleger; Mary Jane. deceased wife of S. Il. Moore; Rebecca, wife of Simon Pfleger; Lydia, now deceased; Maria, who married William Patterson; Mahala, who wedded W. C. SIusher; Martha, wife of F. Thornton, who is living on the old farm in La Fayette County; and William C.
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